William jones menzies



and I hereby declare the Very desirable, but very ATENT FFIQE WILLIAM Jonas MENZ'IES, or six- COMPOSITION FOR THE BELENS, COUNTY OF LANCASTER,

ENGLAND.

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Application filed m 2 1am; stun No. 202,894. or

To all whom it may concern: Y Be it known that I, WILLIAM JONES MEN- ZIES, a British subject, residing at St. Helens, in the county of Lancaster, England, have in,- vented certain new and useful Improvements in Compositions for the Manufacture of Soap; following to be a full and exact description of the same.

The object of the invention is to produce a composition of caustic potash and causticsoda.

in form of dry powder suitable for making In Reissued Patents, dated May 9, I882,N.0s. -10,108, and 10,109 is described the method and apparatus for grinding and sieving caustic alkalies, so as to obtain them in dry granulated or powdered condition. While caustic alkalies can be so ground, I have iscovered that canstic potash of high testis so hygroscopic that it cannot be successfully ground .by itse1'f,and that it can only be round in connection with soda. A mixture if these alkalies-t'o wit, caustic potash and caustic soda-ininot only useful and necessary in order to obtain the best results in \soapmaking. To producethiscornpound,the fused v cake oi potash and soda'mayb'e made sepa-. I together,or the potash rately and then ground and soda may be fused together in suitable proportions,

the potash being'from five to specimens.)

- Bygrinding ,the potash and soda together by the method substantiallyas described'in the above-mentioned patents I obtain a new and valuable com pound in a dry powdered or granulated condition, and one that is free from deliquescence, and in a condition that it may be put up in packages in'the most convenient,

form suitable for use in domestic and other soap-making, either by the cold or other processes; v i

i 'What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'-'' v 1. Acompound for soap-making, consisting of granulated orpowdered caustic potash and caustic sdda in proper proportions, combined during the process of grinding, substantially as set forth. j

2. A compound for soap-making,consisting of caustic 'potash and caustic sodaproduced by first fusing together the caustic potash and caustic soda .in the proper proportions and then reducing-said compound to a granulated or powdered condition by grinding.

In witness hand.

Witnesses:

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encen of the mass, and then 0. B. MoRRIs, Gannon H. SONNEBORN.

- 55 whereof I have hereunto set my 

